Business, industry leaders grade Xi speeches

Linda Yang, global chairwoman and executive partner at Yingke law firm. [Photo provided to China Daily]

President Xi's speech is very encouraging as he stressed many economic growth issues and directions that are important for China and countries globally.

In particular, President Xi's call for sustainable economic growth through innovation is a helpful way to inject new growth into the global economy, and this approach is also central to China's own development from a manufacturing based economy to knowledge economy.